Get Stronger with PAUSED REPS | How they work and when to use them

[@jaivir7758]

The one with the Front Lever was simply amazing

[@steliost2217]

2022 year of the Monster!!

[@victormanuelpolanco922]

Gold mine of info on subtleties few others dare explain. Awesome job Simon.

[@primalcalisthenix509]

As always brilliant information & advice from you Simon. Thanks man, I'm going to integrate pause reps into my training 🤙🏼💪🏼👊🏼

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Thanks Simonster. Your way of education is really helpful even after 2 years. May you be more successful, healthy and wealthy. ~ Your fan from Malaysia. 🇲🇾🔥🙏😊

[@Fightrec]

Pausing most underrated technique period

[@alashordasi3760]

Pretty good and useful🙌🏼

[@ChavezCastillok]

Since today I'm working my exercises so. My English is basic too, but I trained calisthenics for health firstly.

[@sahildahima7816]

Thank you, sir!

[@adversecatalyst2190]

Thank you :-)

[@nickbaca2498]

👍very educational

[@Stoickingdom007]

Big fan sir❤️💪

[@MrGroetale]

Are there any advantages to mix paused reps and non paused reps in a single set, or should all sets in an exercise be homogeneous. For instance with pull-ups (I am still pretty useless), I find that if I do a few weighted with low RPE then switch to regular pull-ups it feels like there is a boost (of course I cannot do more if set up with pre-weighted). Perhaps it is mostly psychological.

[@calisthenicsindia8498]

Probably the reason why many can't hold the top of the oa pull-up

[@burnerjack01]

So, if strain makes for growth and 'total time under load' multiplied by 'load factor, and repetitive motion destroys cartilage, does it make more sense to do a few reps (2-4) while doing those reps in very slow motion? Say, 2 minutes per rep, for example. Any thoughts?

[@bigsmoke4]

I don't think anyone could survive reps that are that long

[@bigsmoke4]

@Alexandre Caspar depends on how heavy the weight is

[@SimonsterStrength]

Mechanical tension is probably the most important factor driving hypertrophy, but it is just one of many. I don't agree that repetitive motion destroys cartilage. You could actually argue it is important for cartilage health. I'll make a separate video about the speed of reps shortly.

[@SimonsterStrength]

​@Alexandre Caspar Returning to the principle of specificity, it will make you good at lifting a weight slowly for one (or few) repetitions. It will build muscle too but probably not as much as lifting it for reps at a natural speed (video to come). Keep it simple - if you want to get good at something, do that thing: Want to improve your 1RM - lift heavy Want to improve endurance - lift lighter weights many times Want to improve isometrics - do isometrics It's a bit more nuanced than this (i.e. hypertrophy is an important element of strength potential so building muscle should also be a goal in strength training), but the points above are good simple principles to start with.

[@burnerjack01]

@@bigsmoke4 Well,it was just an idea. The actual duration is certainly up for debate. Some planche for as long as they can in one rep. Don't know the best duration or even how long should a rest period should be and WHY.

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[@bearleeleagle7170]

Simonster!